1890-11-21-THE HICKMAN COURIER-Kentucky A FORGER IN THE TOILS. DRESDEN, TENN., November 17.-J. B. Williams, a young farmer of Weakley County, was on yesterday arrested on the charge of forgery. The warrant for his arrest was sworn out by John McGlothlin, cashier of the Weakley County Bank of this place. Williams was born in this country, and had always lived here. He has enjoyed,until recently, the confidence of his neighbors. His arrest developed the fact that he has for twelve months been forging the names of a number of his neighbors to notes, which he has discounted in the banks at Dresden. J. W. Parks, a well-to-do farmer, has found that his name has been signed to five or six notes for various sums during the year, and these notes were never seen or heard of by him until this morning. J. A. Covington's name was forged in a number of cases. Most of the notes were renewed by Williams two or three times, and some of them were paid off. Suit was brought by the Weakley County Bank last week, and when the warrant was served on the securities Saturday, Williams was exposed. He was at the time in Ohio, or the note would have doubtless been renewed again. When arrested and brought to town this morning, Williams made a clean breast of it all and acknowledged that he was guilty, not only in this case for which he was arrested, but in a number of other cases. He said he did not know what made him commit these forgeries. He paid some of them off and if he had not been detected, she says, he would have paid the others off. The Weakley County Bank will lose about $350 unless Williams' friends raise the money which they say they will do.